15 films were made on this 122-year-old book, hit the BO once, characters remembered by 4 generations

Mumbai. Novelist Saratchandra Chattopadhyay has left an indelible mark on Bengali language literature. Born on 15 September 1876, the pen of this son of the Bengali language captured the contemporary times in the pages of books. But Saratchandra Chattopadhyay’s pen produced a novel that transcended the cycle of time. The name of this novel is ‘Devdas’. Saratchandra Chattopadhyay wrote this novel in the year 1901, but it was published in the year 1917. The novel is like a holy book for cinema.

15 films made in 7 Indian languages

So far 15 films have been made on the story of this novel. Once a film based on this novel created a storm at the box office by earning 100 crores. Even after 122 years people still remember Devdas characters well. Not only that, Devdas characters have been loved by 4 generations. When these characters appeared on screen, people clapped and whistled every time. Bollywood director Sanjay Leela Bhansali made the most expensive film in the history of cinema in 2002. The film was ruling the box office.

This character gave Shah Rukh Khan special fame

Shah Rukh Khan played the lead role of Devdas in the film. People still love the scenes of this movie. The film also starred Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit in lead roles. The characters of both the heroines became Bollywood icons. Even before this, Dilip Kumar (Aishwarya Rai) gained a lot of popularity with this film in 1955 with the character of Devdas.

For the first time in the history of cinema, Devdas was released on the screen in 1928. Even in the silent film era, director Naresh C Mitra made a film on this novel. After this, the film was released on the screen 15 times, out of which 7 films were made only in Indian languages. 2 of them were Bollywood films which became icons of cinema by making a splash at the box office.

Devdas released in 2002 was a flop at the box office.
When the Shahrukh Khan starrer Devdas hit the screens in 2002, people kept watching it. At that time, it became the first film made with an expensive budget of 50 crores. Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali spent 2 years for this film. A lot of money was spent on the heroines’ dresses and lavish sets. For the brothel scene in the film, a grand brothel was prepared at a cost of 12 crore rupees. Madhuri Dixit danced wearing a 30 kg lehenga during her songs and created quite a stir. Even today, there is no other novel in the history of cinema that is more popular than Devdas.

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